IFAT 2014

A wealth of successful ideas

Terex® Fuchs – a name synonymous not just with high-quality innovative and outstandingly efficient material handlers, but also with a heritage spanning decades that is characterised by excellence in pioneering technology. As early as in the 1960s, the Fuchs excavator 301 was one of the biggest-selling and most popular excavators on the market, and in 1975 the company received a patent for the newly developed hydraulic-lift and slewing cab. No wonder, then, that even today the company culture reflects a high degree of innovation.

The future: rooted in the past

1. hochfahrbare Kabine

Fuchs 301 Seilbagger

Fuchs 300

Johannes Fuchs Ditzingen

2013: The affiliation with a large corporation has helped both the practical application of traditional values and the company’s self-image as an exclusive manufacturer of material handlers. First hand experience of Terex | Fuchs can be gained in mid September, during the anniversary celebrations at the company’s head office in Bad Schönborn, Germany. » read more

2010: Terex® Fuchs assumes a solid, strategic role within the Group and is regarded as a leading company in the growth markets of logistics and recycling

2002: Terex® takes the helm. The definitive focus on specialist material handlers proves to be the right step in the company’s successful trajectory

1991: The pioneering MHL 350 is launched

1985: Fuchs merges with the Schaeff Group. The company focuses on its core products: excavators, cranes and material handlers

1980: The versatile crawler crane F 125 is heralded as the last word in innovation for specialist operations in civil engineering. And a special edition of the Fuchs 712 that is as powerful as it is flexible revolutionises scrap handling, navigating its way from one operation to the next at speeds of up to 62 kmph

1975: Another successful concept is patented: the first hydraulic-lift, slewing cab. The 20,000th Fuchs excavator is delivered a year later. Hydraulic excavators commence their lap of victory

1970: The share of the export market stands at 35%. Fuchs machines prove themselves in more than 70 countries

1965: The first hydraulic excavator is developed, receiving the "Gute Industrieform" award, in 1967, at the Hanover Trade Fair

1957: Production commences in Bad Schönborn. The legendary F 301 becomes the world’s most popular excavator, with 15,000 machines in operation

1950: The first mini-excavator D1 is unveiled in Frankfurt and is a prize-winner. The German Railways subsequently orders 200 machines to support coal-loading operations tender locomotives